Anger sat at the edge of the pier, eyes closed, dangling his legs over the water and taking deep, calming breaths. Keep cool, don't blow up over it.
"Hey." a soft voice came from behind him.
"Hey Fear." Anger said, not opening his eyes. Fear would understand. They had been together three years after all.
"I think you did really well in there." Fear said, sitting down at the edge with Anger, folding his legs under him.
"Really? What part was your favorite? When I threw the pie at his head, or followed it up with the stool I was sitting on?"
"Ok. So maybe you were a little…aggressive about it. But come on, that asshat was cursing out black people. To a little girl who only wanted a shake! I kinda wanted to throw the chair at him too."
"Well you didn't. You kept a lid on it."
"But I'm really glad you did."
Anger turned to him in surprise. "What?"
"I really am!" Fear replied, chuckling a little at his boyfriend's surprise. "I was too scared to go up and say something." Fear said, hanging his head. "I just wanted to melt into my seat. That guy was so loud! I would've…I would've just left that little girl out in the cold. But not you! You wouldn't stand for that! Sure, you escalated it a bit too rapidly, but you stood up for her! That's more than I could ever…are you crying?"
"No! Shut up." Anger said, keeping his head down.
Fear only grinned and handed him a tissue from his pocket. Anger took it and blew his nose, for totally unrelated reasons of course. When he tried to hand it back, Fear went "Ew. No. Germs."
Anger only laughed and stood up as he wiped his eyes on his sleeve. "Time to go?"
"Yep. Come on." Fear said, walking him back down the pier to where the squad car was waiting.
"Hey Nick."
"Hey Anger." Officer Luis said as he held the door open for Anger. "Between you 'n me Anger, I think that guy deserved it."
"Still doesn't make it legal to throw chairs at people Nick."
"Fair point. Hey Fear." Officer Luis said as he shut the door and walked around to the other side of the car.
"Hey Nick. You bring him back in one piece, alright?"
"You know it Beanpole."
"See you in a day or two Anger!" Fear yelled as the car pulled out.
Anger waved at him through the back window.
